Monthly Archives: May 2012

NCAA Baseball Regional Capsules: College Station Regional

May 31, 2012
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NCAA Baseball Regional Capsules: College Station Regional May 29, 2012 - Texas A&M hosts a first-round regional for the second year in a row in College Station this weekend when they host TCU, Ole Miss, and Dayton. This is A&M’s sixth consecutive appearance in the tournament, while Dayton is playing for the first time in school…

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Tallahassee Regional: FSU heads pod that includes three conference champs

May 31, 2012
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Tallahassee Regional: FSU heads pod that includes three conference champs TALLAHASSEE — Florida State will host one of 16 Regionals in this year’s NCAA Tournament whenUAB, Samford and Mississippi State arrive Friday. Here’s a quick look at the field: The favorite FSU enters as the clear-cut favorite in the Tallahassee Regional. For the last seven weeks of the…

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TCU Tabbed Two Seed; Will Head To College Station

May 31, 2012
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TCU Tabbed Two Seed; Will Head To College Station FORT WORTH, Texas - The NCAA Baseball Regional brackets were announced Monday on ESPNU. The TCU Horned Frogs will head to College Station, Texas for the Regional hosted by Texas A&M. The Frogs will be the region’s two-seed and face the third-seeded Ole Miss Rebels. Game…

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Former Notre Dame QB Nate Montana’s Next Stop: West Virginia Wesleyan

May 31, 2012
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Former Notre Dame QB Nate Montana’s Next Stop: West Virginia Wesleyan It’s not easy getting a starting quarterback gig in college football, especially at the highest level. There are tens of thousands of high school quarterbacks fighting for just 120 FBS starting spots, and then after that, just 124 FCS starting jobs at quarterback. And…

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White coach, black school: Tradition meets 21st century

May 31, 2012
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White coach, black school: Tradition meets 21st century A small alumni group’s discontent with a white football coach at Alcorn State University is an attitude that doesn’t fit today, leaders say. As one of the nation’s historically black colleges and universities, Alcorn was founded to serve black students when they couldn’t be educated elsewhere. But…

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Alas, a four-team college football playoff will be no panacea

May 31, 2012
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Alas, a four-team college football playoff will be no panacea Knock me over with a feather. The coaches who work in the league that just filled both slots in the BCS title game have queued up to say they don’t want a new four-team playoff to include only conference champs. From Nick Saban of Alabama, who told…

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Debate over New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’ franchise status is interesting but shouldn’t matter

May 31, 2012
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Debate over New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees’ franchise status is interesting but shouldn’t matter The debate over whether New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is a first-year or second-year franchise player is interesting, and it’s unprecedented. But it really shouldn’t matter. Either way, Brees’ status and salary in 2012 won’t change. He is scheduled to…

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SEC expansion creates schedule challenges, rivalry rancor

May 31, 2012
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SEC expansion creates schedule challenges, rivalry rancor DESTIN — The Southeastern Conference finds itself at a crossroads in many ways. With conference expansion, changes to college football’s postseason and the possibility that it could create its owntelevision network, the SEC faces large-scale change. That crossroads between tradition and evolution came into focus on Wednesday as conference…

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If good things come in threes, these offenses will be in good shape this college football season

May 31, 2012
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If good things come in threes, these offenses will be in good shape this college football season Good things are said to come in threes. The basis of that maxim is the Latin phrase “omne trium perfectum,” which means that everything that comes in threes is perfect. The trios we will discuss today are, in…

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Delta State wins again in D-2 College World Series

May 30, 2012
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Delta State wins again in D-2 College World Series CARY, N.C. — Delta State rallied from a 5-3 deficit to beat Catawba College 6-5 today in a second-round game of the NCAA Division II College World Series. DSU (48-13) improved to 2-0 in the CWS and earned a bye on Wednesday in the double-elimination national…

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